so washington and moscow began to plan the syrian conference. it may not have succeeded but we needed an attempt. that was then if not blown away, frozen in place by edward snowden's unexpected arrival in moscow and all that's happened. so president obama is correct in saying he didn't cancel the summit because of snowden, but because there's so many cold war like conflicts. snowden was the tipper. now, i think he should have gone but that's a different discussion. >> rose: you think he should have gone to meet with president putin? >> yeah. >> rose: because? >> for all the reasons obama gave when he first ran for president. if you remember when he ran for president six years ago he said "it's a mission stake not to talk to our enemies, not to talk to the people we disagree with. i will do that. " and he was attacked but hifts right. if we're only going to talk to the people with whom we already agree, do we need the stafrplt? we just need lawyers to draw up the contracts. the reality is is there are profound national security issues pressing do